Winter: Trial and Error

This piece is inspired by the idea that every artist restarts the process of creating art right when a piece is done whether they like it or not. This is represented by the season of Winter.

Ice freezes over as a blanket of snow appears The year’s almost at an end The canvas sheds any previous colors A new paintings almost begun Though birds still chirp The wild ones sleep in hibernation alone Ice crystals frozen where water was once present And icicles form nature's sculptures The morning sun counterbalances the chill filled air And creates a beautiful glow An end to the year comes to a close But winter emerges in the year to come An empty canvas is ready to start A whole new world is ready to be formed, Cleared of any mistakes Waiting for the artist to start again

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